Improvement in hand-planters



D. B. SEELY.

'HandPlanters- Patented March 25, 1873.L

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DAVID B. sEELY, 0F

IMPROVEMENT IN STERLING, iLLniors.

HAND-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,246, dated March 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. SEELY, of Sterling, in the county of Whitesides and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn- Planter; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a hand cornplanter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure lis a perspective view, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section, of my hand corn-planter.` Fig. 3 is a rear view of the foot ofthe same, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the cup in the slide or plunger.

A represents the box of my cornplanter, and to the lower end of the same is attached a triangular metal foot, B, the rear side of which is closed by a spring-plate, C, hinge-d at its upper end to the sides of the foot, and held by a button, a, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper part of the box A forms the corn-receptacle, which has an inclined bottom, and from the lower or front end of this bottom a passage or channel b leads from the corn-receptacle to the foot B. In this channel or passage, b, is placed a clapper, D, pivoted at or near its lower end, and the upper end forced forward by a spring, d, against the rear side oi' a plunger or slide, Gr, which is moved up and down by hand, its upper end beingprovided with a handle, E, forthatpurpose. In the slide or plunger Gr is inserted a metal plate or box, h, having an opening, 17, and a slide, f, adjusted by a set-screw, e, to make said opening larger or smaller, as desired, according to the amount of corn to be dropped at each movement of the plunger. Below this dropper is another opening, t', in the plunger, and on the front of the machine is a cup, m, open on its upper side and communicating with the I inside of the machine, this cup being opposite the upper part of the clapper D.

The corn passes through the opening z' in the dropper ofthe plunger, and is allowed to fall into bringing it in sight so that the operatorcan at all times see that his machine is doing its work correctly. Themas the plunger is raised the corn falls through the opening z" back into the toot of the machine, and is retained there by the spring-plate C until the next downward stroke of the plunger, when the lower end of the same pushes the corn out. The clapper D acts as a cut-off, and by lying parallel with the dropper'prevents the corn from falling back into the body of the planter, and causes it to be discharged into the cup or visible drop. The drop is also so constructed as to draw the corn into it as it passes upward by the hole or opening t', inclinin g downward as it passes through the plunger.

A part, I, ofthe front side of the foot B, is thrown up and bent in the form of a scraper, and a bar, m, of wood cr iron attached to the same, and thereby the operator is enabled to scrape the mud orf'the plunger by putting the toe on the scraper thus formed and drawing the plunger upward. Below the scraper I is formed an opening, p, the object of which is that in case the foot becomes clogged the corn will immediately fall out of this opening, showing that it is clogged. In this case the button a may be turned and the spring-plate C raised, when the foot can readily be cleaned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The plunger G with its seedopenings, in combination with the spring-clapper D, as and'for the purposes set forth.

2. The spring-scraper I, struck up from the foot or nozzle B B, and used in combination with the plunger, as and for the purpose specified. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of January, 1873.

DAVID B. SEELY. Witnesses:

JAMES M. WALLACE,

HAMrLToN WALLACE.

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